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circa

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dal latino circa cioè "intorno a"

adverb

  1. indicativamente fu un re longobardo, Liutprando nel 723 circa, a far trasferire i resti di Sant'Agostino dalla Sardegna nella chiesa di San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro a Pavia
  2. broadly quasi
  3. slang più o meno
  4. rare riguardo a, in merito a… con riferimento alla ricerca che concerne qualcuno e/o qualcosa

In English

  • odd about
  • near at or towards a position close in space or time
  • circa approximately, about, around
  • nearly almost, but not quite
  • approximately imprecise but close to in quantity or amount

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MLA

"circa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/it/circa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

circa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/it/circa

Chicago

"circa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/it/circa.

BibTeX
@misc{circa_2026,
  title = {circa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/circa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}